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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221389166

NOVOLEX BAGCRAFT, INC.

Event
Infectious Disease
NAICS
322220
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345517759
Employer profile
NOVOLEX BAGCRAFT, INC.
Summary number
221389166
Report ID
0454725

Event description

Employee with COVID-19 infection dies

Investigation abstract

An employee was working for a firm that manufactured paper bags and coated and treated paper. He had taken an offsite lunch with his coworkers on August 12, 2021. One of the employee's coworkers tested positive for COVID-19 on the same day. The employee's last day at work was August 14, 2021. He tested positive for COVID-19 on August 17th or 18th. He was hospitalized a week after the August 12th lunch. The employee died of COVID-19 at 7:45 a.m. on September 5, 2021.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 50 M

    Event type
    14

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